We work with you to meet your drone needs.

Using our industry experience we match equipment and capability to work smarter with the best Drone Services technology available today.
We provide targeted analysis and chemical application to maximise your profits.

What we do...

  • 01.

    Land Survey & Weed Detection

  • 02.

    Drone Spray and Granule Applications

  • 03.

    3D Model & Asset Inspection

  • 04.

    High Resolution Photogrammetry

  • 05.

    Processing Data - Sharing Results

Meet the team.

pictor.aero is a professional operation using unmanned aircraft and high-end sensors to collect data for surveys useful to agronomists and farmers. This data is used for crop health analysis to give you the best information available to make timely decisions on crop management.

Our state of the art fleet of crop sprayers will target the areas you need treated.

  • Fully Licensed, qualified, and experienced
  • Comprehensive liability insurance
  • State of the art equipment
  • Civil Aviation Safety Authority approved operator
  • State Government chemical spraying approvals:
      • Agriculture Victoria
      • EPA New South Wales
      • Department of Agriculture Queensland

Sean and Maurie are always adapting to new technology in a rapidly transforming industry. Our ‘down’ time is spent studying the latest agricultural and survey technology from around the world.

Manager/Chief Remote Pilot
Victoria

Maurie McBain is a co-founder and Chief Pilot of the operation. Maurie’s family has a history of farming with his father and Uncle farming land on the Darling Downs in Queensland.

Many years spent operating international wide-body aircraft to all parts of Asia and the Pacific have infused a strong sense of professionalism and a fanatical attention to detail. Safety is important to us as is the strict adherence to all applicable rules and regulations relating to the operation being conducted.

Manger/Chief Remote Pilot
Queensland

Sean Mandile is the co-founder of pictor.aero. Maurie and Sean have worked together for 25 years in the aviation industry. Sean is also a Captain on international wide-body aircraft with a number of years in management roles. Sean has significant experience as a business owner and an excellent ability for data analysis

 

Working with you.

We're here to work with you. The relationship between the farmer and agronomist is invaluable and in some cases has been built up over many years. Our services can add another dimension and further insight into the decision making process. Allow pictor.aero to introduce technology in an affordable package.

You have the specific agricultural production experience for your land, we have the latest technological expertise which can work hand-in-glove to maximize your profits.